RE: [gtkmm] Drag And Drop Context data

["Ohrnberger, Erik" <erik_ohrnberger dme net>]

Paul,
	I've read the paper by Owen Taylor about drag and drop in GTK+ and
GNOME, and I've followed that to the indicated resources IANA MIME type
registry (ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-type).

	This appears to me as a pretty significant issue when it comes to
application design and interoperability.  I'm rather surprised that at least
references to this discussion and the MIME type registry is not included in
the tutorial about drag and drop.  It really should be in there (IMHO).

	Do you, or the gtkmm tutorial authors, think that it would a
significant loss of information should the Taylor paper not become available
in the future?  If so, is there a means that this could be incorporated into
the tutorial?

	Anyway, with the Taylor paper, the IANA registry, and the
information in the tutorial, I much better understand what's going on, why
it's significant, and how to implement it better.  It would seem to me that
including this information, or at least references, and / or links, to this
information, really should be part of the tutorial so that the readers of
the tutorial understand the wider implications of the design and
implementation decisions that they are making.  It certainly opened my eyes
to it all.

	In conclusion, I guess this email boils down to an enhancement
request for the tutorial documentation.

	Cheers and best wishes,
		Erik.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohrnberger, Erik 
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:40 AM
> To: Ohrnberger, Erik
> Subject: RE: [gtkmm] Drag And Drop Context data
> 
> 
> Paul,
> 	Very much thank you.  I found it.  I'll be reading that.
> 
> 	Thanks,
> 		Erik.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul Davis [mailto:paul linuxaudiosystems com] 
> > Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 1:47 PM
> > To: Erik echohome org
> > Cc: gtkmm-list gnome org
> > Subject: Re: [gtkmm] Drag And Drop Context data 
> > 
> > 
> > >Paul,
> > >	I check with Google, as well as http://www.gtkmm.org, 
> > and other than 
> > >what I've already read, I've not found any additional information.
> > 
> > google: MIME drag drop target
> > 
> > the most useful link is about 2/3 down on the first page, 
> > points to a PS file at redhat.com. i can't cut-n-paste it 
> > very easily ...
> > 
> > --p
> > 
>